I’d rather not speak Ill of the dead… So I’ll be quiet.

  • nickwitha_k (he/him)
    link
    fedilink
    English
    73 days ago

    Agreed but with the caveat that Thiel’s money should not have been able to influence it one way or another. It should have been a criminal case resulting in end of business license.

    • MolochAlter
      link
      fedilink
      English
      63 days ago

      Yeah exactly, Thiel’s opinion and power should not have been factors but Gawker should not have existed by that point in the first place so karma and all that.

      2 abuses of power cancelled eachother out.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        53 days ago

        thiel was the sole reason he even won the lawsuit, which means terry dint have much of a case agains thim in the first place.

        • MolochAlter
          link
          fedilink
          English
          32 days ago

          Publishing pornography of someone without their consent is a crime.

          The justice system sided with Hogan in the end and unless you’re alleging bribery that’s not a matter of who paid, but that the trial was brought to its conclusion instead of settling out of court because the multinational publishing corporation won the money fight, something enabled by Thiel’s money, but also something that shouldn’t have been necessary in the first place.